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	Richard Alston (choreographer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Richard Alston choreographed his first work in 1968 as one of the original students of the London School of Contemporary Dance at The Place[2].
		Alston was made an honorary Doctor of Philosophy (in Dance) at University of Surrey in 1992 and in 2003 received an honorary MA from University College Chichester [3].
		The Richard Alston Dance Company was launched in 1994 to great critical acclaim and is now one of the UK's most celebrated contemporary dance companies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Richard_Alston_(choreographer) (573 words)

	The Richard Alston Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Richard Alston (1949 -) was Resident Choreographer for Rambert 1980 - 1986 and Artistic Director 1986 - 1992.
		Alston worked as an independent choreographer prior to his appointment with Rambert.
		Since 1994 Richard has been Artistic Director of The Place, London, and of the Richard Alston Dance Company.
	www.rambert.org.uk /archive/documents/detail.asp?art=1107 (121 words)

	londondance.com : Richard Alston Dance Company
		Alston is one of the most inspiring and influential figures in British dance.
		He choreographed his first work in 1968 as one of the original students at London School of Contemporary Dance, directed this country’s first independent dance company, Strider, and was Artistic Director of Rambert Dance Company from 1986 to 1992.
		Alston has created an uplifting work for his whole company carried along by the warmth and lightness of spirit in Rameau’s music, surely some of the most joyous ever written for dance.
	www.londondance.com /content/149/richard_alston_dance_company (649 words)

	B.co Interview
		Alston has always been keen to encourage dancers to explore choreographic opportunities and this tradition continues, with Company members, such as Martin Lawrence, Jason Piper and Kham Halsackda, allowed the time to prepare works for the Resolution season.
		Alston is excited to see young dancers suddenly leap ahead after months of struggle and as he wanders round the School he is sometimes pleasantly startled by hearing music from one of his pieces drifting out of a studio, where students are learning his work.
		Alston thinks that even some companies based in the London area can become isolated from what is happening in their field, without access to such facilities.
	www.ballet.co.uk /magazines/yr_98/dec98/interview_richard_alston.htm (1326 words)

	BBC - Norfolk On Stage - Richard Alston Dance Company comes to Norwich
		RICHARD ALSTON choreographed his first work in 1968 as one of the original students of the London School of Contemporary Dance at The Place.
		Richard Alston is renowned for making dances that speak directly about the expressiveness of movement and music and their combined power to move and elate.
		Alston’s latest creation, Stampede, is danced by the company of 12 and set to the exotic, Moorish-influenced sounds of mediaeval Italian music.
	www.bbc.co.uk /norfolk/stage/richard_alston_preview.shtml (885 words)

	Theatre Royal - Show Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Richard Alston Dance Company Gorgeous music and fluid free-wheeling dance come together in the work of Britain's foremost choreographer.
		For Richard Alston's exhilarating new Norwich programme his superb dancers immerse themselves in music from Scarlatti, Ravel and Rameau.
		"Alston's response to the helium-buoyed rhythms of Rameau's Les Boreades of 1764 is all joy".
	www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk /show/march-2004/richardalston.htm (163 words)

	DLAR \| Richard Alston Dance Company
		Richard Alston choreographed his first work in 1968 as one of the original students at the London School of Contemporary Dance.
		Alston was made an honorary Doctor of Philosophy (in Dance) at Surrey University in 1992 and more recently, in 2003, he received an honorary MA from University College Chichester.
		Richard Alston Dance Company is Britain’s largest independent company.
	www.dlartists.com /ra/company.html (502 words)

	Richard Alston Dance Company - Spring 2001 - criticaldance.com ballet and modern dance forum
		Richard Alston - awarded the CBE for his services to dance in the New Year’s Honours list returns to brings his talented young company back to London from 20 - 23 March.
		In terms of other UK choreographers, it always seems to me that there is something very English about Siobhan Davies' work which has a restraint and avoidance of wearing your heart on your sleeve that seems very English and one would be unlikely to get from a Continental choreographer.
		Richard Alston's reputation as a choreographer rests on his ability to make dances that respond to the emotional rather than the narrative possibilities of music.
	www.criticaldance.com /ubb/Forum5/HTML/000555.html (759 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - The Review - A choreographer set to go into Overdrive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		WHISKY, hip-hop and Cilla Black are not subjects you expect to be close to the heart of Richard Alston, one of Britain’s foremost choreographers, whose trademark is setting contemporary dance to classical music.
		Page has called Alston "one of the most inspiring figures working in dance today", and Alston is equally optimistic about Page’s influence on Scottish Ballet.
		He may be yet to plunder the pop charts but, as Fitzroy might have appreciated, this week Alston hopes to leave his audience both shaken and stirred.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /thereview.cfm?id=1316992003 (714 words)

	B.co Richard Alston Review
		Richard Alston's company made its first appearance at Sadler's Wells this week, with a programme including two works made earlier this year but not seen in London before.
		I find Alston such a frustrating choreographer: he chooses wonderful music and writes about it in his programme notes with perception and strong feeling - but that simply doesn't translate on to what we see on stage.
		The first two sections are choreographed for the whole company, and could do with a bit more of a down-to-earth feel to them; the third is qute different, being set as a duet for Sonja Peedo and Martin Lawrence.
	www.ballet.co.uk /magazines/yr_02/nov02/js_rev_alston_1002.htm (517 words)

	Merseyside Dance Initiative (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Richard Alston Dance Company,one of the UK's premiere dance companies makes its first visit to Liverpool as part of the Leap 2003 Dance Festival.
		Richard Alston makes dances, which speak directly about movement and music and their combined power to move and elate.The twelve dancers in his Company are wonderful exponents of his fluent, lively style and continue to attract critical and public praise wherever they perform.
		In addition, to the performances there is the opportunity to meet the choreographer Richard Alston himself, attend the Company Workshops and for schools booking the workshops a special discounted ticket offer.
	www.merseysidedance.co.uk /news_events/events_richardalston.html (274 words)

	Richard Alston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Alston choreographed his first work in 1968 whilst still a dance student at London Contemporary Dance School.
		Alston was Resident Choreographer of Rambert Dance Company from 1980 to 1986 and Artistic Director from 1986 to 1992 during which time he created twenty five works for the Company and was commissioned to create works for the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Ballet and solo works for Michael Clark.
		In 1994 he established his own company, Richard Alston Dance Company and took up the post of Artistic Director at The Place in London.
	www.rambert.org.uk /archive/people/detail.asp?art=99 (128 words)

	Richard Alston Dance Company
		Richard Alston choreographed his first work in 1968 while a student at the London School of Contemporary Dance.
		In 1980, Alston was appointed Resident Choreographer at Ballet Rambert, becoming the company’s Artistic Director from 1986–1992.
		Alston created a full evening of his own work in 1992 for the Ballet Atlantique in La Rochelle, France and another full evening for London Contemporary Dance Theatre at the 1994 Aldeburgh Festival.
	www.ejassociates.org /pr_richardalston04.html (697 words)

	Dance Spirit Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In 1994, Richard Alston was appointed artistic director of The Place, a center for dance in the heart of London.
		His appointment is fitting, considering that Alston was part of the first wave of students to study at London Contemporary Dance School back in the ’60s.
		Alston and his contemporaries set the path that many LCDS students were to later follow: dancer to choreographer to company founder.
	www.dancespirit.com /backissues/may_june00/collegecourse.shtml (802 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Reviews : app4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Alston's dances were full of lovely steps, but were ocassionally too polite - elegantly crafted, rather than gripping.
		Alston is from the first generation of British modern dance and started to choreograph as a student in the late Sixties - this tour celebrates 10 years of his own company.
		Alston's couples held soft embraces, their arms slow and decorous.
	enjoyment.independent.co.uk /theatre/reviews/article12595.ece (564 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Alston Richard
		Alston was educated at Eton and at Croydon College of Art, and then studied at the...
		After studying at the London Contemporary Dance School she became a founder...
		Clark, Michael (1962- ), British choreographer and dancer, born in Aberdeen, Scotland.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Alston_Richard.html (82 words)

	Alston Coat of Arms
		Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Samuel and William Alston settled in Charles Town S.C. in 1767; John Alston settled in the Barbados in 1685; Rose Alston settled in New England in 1661.
		"The Alstons and Allstons of North Carolina and South Carolina" by Joseph Asbury Groves.
		This practice, which often included paying homage to the Clan Chief at important events was effective in building respect, devotion and familiarity between different families within the same clan.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.c/qx/alston-coat-arms.htm (986 words)

	Alston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are several places in the world with the name Alston:
		There are also a number of people with the surname Alston:
		This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alston (99 words)

	Richard Alston Dance Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		After a greatly acclaimed visit in the Spring, Richard Alston Dance Company returns to Bath in the company’s tenth anniversary year.
		From the thunderous echoes of Gyorgy Ligeti’s mighty Volumina to the limpid impressionism of Ravel, Richard Alston brilliantly mixes exhilarating choreography and inspirational music.
		Alston’s brand new work, the air is filled with ghostly and subtle rustlings and suddenly erupting note-clusters.
	www.theatreroyal.org.uk /main/richardalston.html (177 words)

	Richard Alston Dance Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Richard Alston Dance Company returns to Bath with an exhilarating evening of luscious, quick-fire choreography and uplifting music as part of its tenth anniversary tour.
		"Alston is an accomplished dance-maker, the most fluid contemporary choreographer we have."
		Filled with melancholy and nostalgia for his Polish homeland, this is Chopin in lyrical and introspective mood.
	www.theatreroyal.org.uk /main/richardalstondance.html (112 words)

	Independent, The (London): Dance: Richard Alston Sadler's Wells London oooo9
		Alston is from the first generation of British modern dance, starting to choreograph as a student in the late Sixties.
		Fever was inspired by the sensuality of Monteverdi madrigals, but it isn't exactly feverish.
		Alston's couples go in for soft embraces, their arms slow.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20050228/ai_n11830998 (546 words)

	\| Richard Smith \|
		In the seventies and eighties, Smith’s exploration of alternatives to the traditional two-dimensional canvas led to stretcherless kite paintings and irregularly-shaped canvases attatched to collapsible metal rods.
		In 1982 Smith collaborated with choreographer Richard Alston on the ballet, Wildlife, His sets were oversized kites of light fabric, existing in three-dimensional space and appearing to move across the stage with the music and dancers.
		The etchings Smith made at Crown Point were inspired by sets for the ballet.
	www.crownpoint.com /artists/smithr (127 words)

	Regent Theatre, Stoke on Trent: Richard Alston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Richard Alston - Tuesday 18 January at 7:30 pm
		Richard Alston Dance Company returns to The Regent with an exhilarating evening of luscious, quick-fire choreography and uplifting music.
		Alston is widely acknowledged as master of his craft and his work has a sweep and freedom that makes dancing look irresistible.
	www.theambassadors.com /regent/sp_p1458.html (106 words)

	DanceEast >> Performances
		10 years after Richard Alston created an evening of dance for the Aldeburgh Festival in 1994 and over 300 performances around the globe later, Richard Alston Dance Company returns to Snape with an exhilarating programme of luscious quick-fire choreography and uplifting music.
		Gypsy Mixture is inspired by the music of the Balkans and remixed by leading club producers.
		Alston's latest creation is filled with great melodies, driving rhythms and bounding steps performed by a company of outstanding quality.
	www.danceeast.co.uk /Performances/SnapeDances/archive/ralston.html (199 words)

	Event Categories for PCPA
		George Balanchine, widely considered the greatest ballet choreographer of t...
		Richard Alston is one of the most inspiring and influential figures in brit...
		Isreali choreographer and designer Inbal Pinto is one of the rising stars o...
	www.pcpa.com /events/category.php?cat=dance (189 words)

	Milton Keynes Theatre: Richard Alston Dance Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Richard Alston Dance Company - Wednesday 20 October at 7:30 pm Box Office: 01908 60 60 90
		Richard Alston Dance Company’s first visit to Milton Keynes is an exhilarating triple-bill of luscious, quick-fire choreography and uplifting music.
		Shimmer (pictured) is danced to the sun-drenched live music of Ravel featuring Julien Macdonald’s sparkling gossamer costumes and Brisk Singing is inspired by some of the most joyous music ever written for dance, Rameau’s Les Boréades.
	www.theambassadors.com /miltonkeynes/t_sp_p1244.html (113 words)

	The Stage Online :: Reviews :: Richard Alston Dance Company
		At 55, Richard Alston is Britain’s senior practising choreographer and lucky enough to direct our largest independent company, eleven dancers.
		Glittery costumes by the celebrity couturier Julien Macdonald - miniature garments in transparent web, decorated with crystals - avoid any heavy solemnity and curiously the first-night London audience, judging from their interrupting applause, did not pick up on the grief-struck gestures of the final solo for Martin Lawrance.
		Personally I could do with a little more content but, considering the high turnover, the way Alston polishes his dancers to a smooth homogeneity is impressive.
	www.thestage.co.uk /reviews/review.php/797 (346 words)

	Independent Online Edition > Reviews : app4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Movement flows through their supple backs and bold limbs.
		Alston's dances are full of lovely steps, but they can be too polite: elegantly crafted rather than gripping.
		This tour celebrates 10 years of his own company, and includes Alston's latest work.
	enjoyment.independent.co.uk /theatre/reviews/article13180.ece (562 words)

	College Street Resources
		Second Stride founded by by Richard Alston, Ian Spink, Siobhan Davies (a pun on Alston's earlier company Strider for which Davies had danced)
		Richard Alston becomes Artistic Director of Ballet Rambert converts name to Rambert Dance Company and develops new repertory based on Merce Cunningham technique.
		New York choreographer Stephen Petronio creates first dance piece to reflect impact of September 11th for Ricochet.
	www.collegest.org.uk /resources/2560/BMD_timeline.htm (1083 words)

	The Joyce Theater: Richard Alston Dance Company of London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Joyce Theater: Richard Alston Dance Company of London
		Building on a strong sense of tradition, British choreographer Richard Alston creates dances flowing in lyrical and richly sculpted movement, graced with a distinct English accent.
		Dances to the music of Rameau and Ravel complete the program and, emphasizing the importance of dance and live music, the ten-strong company is joined onstage by brilliant young British pianist Jason Ridgway.
	www.joyce.org /alston04.html (94 words)

	Weekly Journal, The: Richard Alston Dance Company@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Weekly Journal, The: Richard Alston Dance Company@ HighBeam Research
		After a turbulent period, the dancers of the London Contemporary Dance Theatre have found their way through the mire and emerged with a new choreographer in Richard Alston who was himself, a LCDT student.
		He opened the season at The Place with two new works created this autumn alongside two pieces that were performed at the Aldeburgh Festival earlier in the year.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1P1:2292677&refid=ink_tptd_np (179 words)

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